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10 seats on the Upper Hutt City Council 6 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2025Upper Hutt City Council election is an upcoming local election to be held from 9 September to 11 October in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters will elect the mayor of Upper Hutt, 10 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Upper Hutt City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system will be used.
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Voters in the city will elect the mayor of Upper Hutt, 10 city councillors, and members of the Rimutaka Licensing Trust. [1] They will also elect several members of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. [a] [3]
In November 2023, the Upper Hutt City Council had voted by six to five to introduce a Māori ward for the 2025 and 2028 elections. [4] However, following a change in legislation regarding Māori wards, the council voted in August 2024 to rescind this decision. It thus avoided a requirement to hold a referendum on retaining the ward alongside this election. [5] [6]
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Candidate [10] | Photo | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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Blair Griffiths | None | Incumbent councillor [9] [8] | ||
Wayne Guppy | ![]() | None | Incumbent mayor since 2001 [12] [8] | |
Emma Holderness | Independent | Incumbent councillor since 2022. Also running for re-election as a councillor. [13] | ||
Angela McLeod | None | Previously ran for the mayoralty in 2022. [14] Also running to be a councillor. | ||
Hellen Swales | Change we need, voice you deserve | Incumbent deputy mayor, also running as a councillor [9] [15] | ||
Peri Zee | None | Urban planner and transport adviser [12] [16] |
Ten councillors will be elected at-large to the city council. [17]
Candidate [10] | Affiliation [b] | Notes | |
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Ramil Adhikari | None | Previously ran for council in 2022 [18] | |
Michael J Anderson | None | ||
Euan Andrews | None | ||
Heather Blissett | None | ||
Dave Burt | Hope resilience and a shared future | ||
Matt Carey | Independent | Incumbent councillor [8] | |
Wade Cashmore | Independent | ||
Gurpreet Dhillon | None | ||
Henry Grey | None | ||
Tofa Gush | Our Community | ||
Bill Hammond | Independent | Incumbent councillor [8] | |
Emma Holderness | Independent | Incumbent councillor since 2022. [8] Also running for mayor. [13] | |
Teresa Homan | Independent | ||
Rachel Tukaki Kingi | None | ||
Nigel Mander | Serve the community | ||
Kylie McKenna | Independent | ||
Angela McLeod | None | Also running for mayor | |
David (DJ) McNicholas | None | ||
Heather Newell | None | Incumbent councillor [8] | |
Hellen Swales | The voice you deserve | Incumbent deputy mayor, [8] also running for mayor [9] | |
Brett Thomson | None | ||
Tracey Ultra | Independent | Incumbent councillor [8] | |
Daniel Welch | Backing the Future of Upper Hutt | ||
Dave Wheeler | None | Incumbent councillor [8] | |
Corey White | Independent |